Senior SecOps Analyst: Detection, Response & Threat Hunting

Saronic Technologies; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Time Off

Parental Leave

401(k) plan with company match

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Free lunch in office

Unlimited drinks and snacks

Job summary

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Senior SecOps Analyst to join its growing security team in Austin. You will triage alerts across endpoints, cloud, identity, and network, lead initial response for mid-tier incidents, and tune detections to reduce noise, while collaborating on playbooks and runbooks.

You will perform targeted threat hunting, contribute to incident reviews, and mentor junior analysts as the SecOps team scales, leveraging strong SIEM/XDR capabilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Security Operations, detection engineering, or IR roles.
• Experience triaging alerts across multiple environments (endpoint, cloud, identity, network, SaaS).
• Proficiency with SIEM queries; ability to write detection logic from scratch.
• Experience with EDR tooling and endpoint telemetry for hunting, triage, and response.
• Knowledge of attacker TTPs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and applying it in investigations.
• Experience writing detection logic, response playbooks, or SOC docs.
• Python/PowerShell/Bash for alert enrichment and automation.
• Solid network fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, logs).
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to brief non-technical stakeholders.
• Ownership mindset; follow incidents through to closure; security clearance eligible.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage security alerts across endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and SaaS telemetry.
• Lead initial incident response for mid-tier events: contain, eradicate, recover.
• Tune detections to reduce false positives and improve signal fidelity.
• Participate in on-call rotation and communicate status to SecOps Lead.
• Contribute to playbooks, runbooks, and analyst workflow docs.
• Conduct targeted threat hunts to identify attacker activity not surfaced by automation.
• Assist in SecOps metrics tracking and readiness reviews.
• Mentor junior analysts as the team grows.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Bash

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat hunting

Detection logic

SOC concepts

Education

GIAC GCIH

GCIA

GCFE

Tools

SIEM platforms

XDR platforms

EDR tooling

SOAR platforms

Job description

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Senior SecOps Analyst to join its growing security team in Austin. You will triage alerts across endpoints, cloud, identity, and network, lead initial response for mid-tier incidents, and tune detections to reduce noise, while collaborating on playbooks and runbooks.

You will perform targeted threat hunting, contribute to incident reviews, and mentor junior analysts as the SecOps team scales, leveraging strong SIEM/XDR capabilities.